Cedar Creek just north of Dunedin was the venue for the third round of the Mainland Superwinch Challenge on August 14 and 15 with class wins going to Mike Holmes/ Sheryl Wells (Outlaw), Gordon Jackett/ Scotty Newport (Open), and Gregg Craik/ Matt (Clubman).
With the heavy snowfall a week before we were expecting the worst. One competitor even phoned asking if there was the possibility of the round being cancelled.
The answer, of course, was no. Rain, snow, hail or sunshine these rounds carry on. And believe it or not we struck great weather; a bit overcast but the rain didn’t start until the Saturday stages had finished.
For this round we had 16 trucks entered, with competitors from Balclutha, Timaru, Queenstown, Christchurch, Blenheim, Nelson and Wellington. Twelve of the…